PUBLICATIONS:
Mary W. Carrabba (Tungol)

Tungol, M.W., “Infrared Microscopy as a Failure Analysis Tool in the Thermal InkJet Cartridge Industry,” Microsc. Microanal. 5 (Suppl 2: Proceedings), 62-63 (1999).

Kirkbride, K.P. and Tungol, M.W., “Infrared Microspectroscopy of Fibres,” in Forensic Examination of Fibres, 2nd Edition, J. Robertson and M. Grieve, Eds., Taylor & Francis, London (1999), pp. 179-222.

Lewis, I.R., Daniel, N.W., Jr., Chaffin, N.C., Griffiths, P.R., and Tungol, M.W., “Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Explosive Materials: Towards a Fieldable Explosives Detector,” Spectrochim. Acta A 51, 1985-2000 (1995).

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Montaser, A., “Forensic Examination of Synthetic Textile Fibers by Microscopical Infrared Spectrometry,” in Practical Guide to Infrared Microspectroscopy, H. Humecki, Ed., Marcel Dekker, New York (1995), pp. 245-285.

Bartick, E.G., Tungol, M.W., and Reffner, J.A., “A New Approach to Forensic Analysis with Infrared Microscopy: Internal Reflection Spectroscopy,” Anal. Chim. Acta 288, 35-42 (1994).

Tungol, M.W., Whitehurst, F.W., and Keagy, R.L., “Analysis of Plastic Bonded Explosives I: An Analytical Scheme for the Separation and Characterization of Components,” in Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Trace Evidence, June 24-28, 1991, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Laboratory Division, U.S. Government Printing Office (1993).

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Reffner, J.A., “Forensic Applications of Microscopical Infrared Internal Reflection Spectroscopy,” in 9th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, J.A. Bertie and H. Wieser, Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 2089, 460-461 (1993).

Bartick, E.G. and Tungol, M.W., “Infrared Microscopy and its Forensic Applications,” in Forensic Science Handbook, Vol. 3, R. Saferstein, Ed., Prentice-Hall, New York (1993), pp. 196-252.

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Montaser, A., “Forensic Analysis of Acrylic Copolymer Fibers by Infrared Microscopy,” Appl. Spectrosc. 47, 1655-1658 (1993).

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Montaser, A., “Spectral Data Base for the Identification of Fibers by Infrared Microscopy,” Spectrochim. Acta 46B, 1535E-1544E (1991).

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Montaser, A., “Analysis of Single Polymer Fibers by Fourier Transform Infrared Microscopy: The Results of Case Studies,” J. Forensic Sci. 36, 1027-1043 (1991).

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Montaser, A., “Development of a Spectral Data Base for the Identification of Fibers by Infrared Microscopy,” Appl. Spectrosc. 44, 543-549 (1990).

Singer, S.M., Northrop, D.M., Tungol, M.W., and Rowe, W.F., “Infrared Spectra of Buried Acetate and Rayon Fibers,” Biodet. Res. 3, 577-587 (1990).

Tungol, M.W., Montaser, A., and Bartick, E.G., “FT-IR Microscopy for Forensic Fiber Analysis: The Results of Case Studies,” in 7th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, D.G. Cameron, Ed., Proc. SPIE Vol. 1145, 308-309 (1989).

SHORT COURSES:

Hellgeth, J. and Carrabba, M. W., “Infrared Microspectroscopy: Fundamentals and Techniques,” one-day workshop presented at the Pittsburgh Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2005.

Tungol, M. W. and Eyring M. B., “Forensic Infrared Spectroscopy (Trace),” workshop presented at the Spring Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS), El Paso, TX, April 1997.

Tungol, M. W., Suzuki, E. M., Reffner, J. A., and Bowden, J. P., Forensic Infrared Spectroscopy, one-week short course presented at the California Criminalistics Institute, Sacramento, CA, March 1997.

Tungol, M. W., “Principles of IR Spectroscopy,” and “Fibers,” presented at the Forensic Infrared Spectrometry workshop; 47th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA, February 1995.

Tungol, M. W. and Eyring, M. B., “Microscopical FT-IR for Forensic Fiber Analysis,” 2.5 day workshop presented at the Fall Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS), Houston, TX, November 1994.

Tungol, M. W., “Principles of IR Spectroscopy,” and “Fibers,” lectures presented at the Forensic Microscopical Infrared Spectrometry workshop; 46th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Antonio, TX, February 1994.

Tungol, M. W., “Infrared Microscopic Measurements for Forensic Applications,” lecture presented at Forensic Spectroscopic Microscopy: From the UV to the Mid-IR (Workshop E92-W4); Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 1992.

PRESENTATIONS:

Tungol, M.W., Overbay, M., Ward, K., and Waterhous, V., “Infrared Microscopy as a Failure Analysis Tool in the Thermal InkJet Cartridge Industry,” presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis ’99, Portland, OR, August 1999.

Tungol, M.W., Overbay, M., Ward, K., and Waterhous, V., “Infrared Microspectroscopy in the Thermal InkJet Cartridge Industry,” presented at FACSS ’98, Austin, TX, October 1998; paper 270.

Tungol, M.W., “Strengths and Limitations of Fiber Analysis in the Forensic Laboratory: Infrared Spectroscopy” presentation and panel discussion at An International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Trace Evidence in Transition, San Antonio, TX, June 1996.

Tungol, M.W., “Infrared Microscopy in the FBI Laboratory,” presented at the 8th Annual Spectra-Tech FT-IR Microscope User’s Group Meeting, FACSS, Cincinnati, OH, October 1995.

Tungol, M.W. and Bartick, E.G., “Polarized Infrared Study of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Fibers,” presented at the Second Meeting of The Technical Working Group for Fiber Examination (TWGFIBE), Quantico, VA, November 1994.

Tungol, M.W. and Bartick, E.G., “Novel Applications of Infrared Microspectroscopy in the Forensic Laboratory,” presented at FACSS XX, Detroit, MI, October 1993; paper 302.

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Reffner, J.A., “Forensic Applications of Microscopical Infrared Internal Reflection Spectroscopy,” presented at the 9th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 1993; poster PD56.

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Montaser, A., “Forensic Analysis of Acrylic Fibers by Infrared Microscopy,” presented at FACSS XIX, Philadelphia, PA, September 1992; paper 593.

Tungol, M.W., Bartick, E.G., and Montaser, A., “Infrared Spectral Fiber Data Base I: Identification of Polymeric Composition of Single Fibers,” presented at FACSS XVIII, Anaheim, CA, October 1991; poster 429 (415).

Tungol, M.W., Whitehurst, F.W., and Keagy, R.L., “Analysis of Plastic Bonded Explosives I: An Analytical Scheme for the Separation and Characterization of Components,” presented at An International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Trace Evidence, Quantico, VA, June 1991; poster 30.

Tungol, M.W., Montaser, A., and Bartick, E.G., “Polarized Infrared Microscopy of Single Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Fibers,” presented at FACSS XVII, Cleveland, OH, October 1990; paper 981.

Tungol, M.W., Montaser, A., and Bartick, E.G., “FT-IR Microscopic Analysis of Single Fibers: More Specific Chemical Information for Forensic Examinations,” presented at the 200th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 1990; paper HIST 0022.

Tungol, M.W., Montaser, A., and Bartick, E.G., “Infrared Microscopy of Single Textile Fibers: Case Study Results,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Fredericksburg, VA, May 1990.

Tungol, M.W., Montaser, A., and Bartick, E.G., “FT-IR Microscopy for Forensic Fiber Analysis: The Results of Case Studies,” presented at the 7th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Fairfax, VA 1989; poster 2.29.

Tungol, M.W., Montaser, A., and Bartick, E.G., “The Development and Application of a Spectral Data Base of Fibers Obtained by FTIR Microscopy,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Baltimore, MD, May 1989; paper 8.

Tungol, M.W., Montaser, A., and Bartick, E.G., “An Approach to Improving the Evidential Value of Fibers Utilizing FT-IR Spectral Data Bases,” presented at the Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 1989; paper 833.

FACSS Session Organizer/Presider:

Analytical Chemistry in Forensic Science I, II, and III, sessions organized and presided over at FACSS, Nashville, TN, September 2000.